Part 1: INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS

Chapter 1: Corrections: An Overview
Chapter 2: Punishments: A Brief History
Chapter 3: Sentencing: To Punish or to Reform?

Part 2: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS

Chapter 4: Diversion and Probation: How Most Offenders Are Punished
Chapter 5: Intermediate Sanctions: Between Probation and Incarceration

Part 3: INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS

Chapter 6: Jails: Way Stations Along the Justice Highway
Chapter 7: Prisons Today: Change Stations or Warehouses?
Chapter 8: Parole: Early Release and Reentry

Part 4: THE PRISON WORLD

Chapter 9: The Staff World: Managing the Prison Population
Chapter 10: The Inmate World: Living Behind Bars
Chapter 11: The Legal World: Prisoners' Rights
Chapter 12: Special Prison Populations: Prisoners Who Are Elderly, Mentally Challenged, and Who Have HIV/AIDS

Part 5: ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS

Chapter 13: Prison Issues and Concerns: Overcrowding, Security, Accreditation, Privatization, and Technology
Chapter 14: The Victim: Helping Those in Need
Chapter 15: Death: The Ultimate Sanction
Chapter 16: Juvenile Corrections: End of an Era?
Chapter 17: Professionalism in Corrections

Endnotes
Glossary
Credits
Case Index
Subject Index

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